On This Day

Thursday, July 18, 1907

Standings

American league

Team W L Pct GB
White Sox 52 29 .642 --
Naps 47 33 .588 4.5
Athletics 45 32 .584 5.0
Tigers 44 32 .579 5.5
Highlanders 37 40 .481 13.0
Browns 32 47 .405 19.0
Americans 29 48 .377 21.0
Senators 25 50 .333 24.0

Games

National League

Team W L Pct GB
Cubs 60 20 .750 --
Giants 47 29 .618 11.0
Pirates 46 31 .597 12.5
Phillies 42 34 .553 16.0
Superbas 36 45 .444 24.5
Doves 33 43 .434 25.0
Reds 32 47 .405 27.5
Cardinals 19 66 .224 43.5

Games

Daily Leaders

Hits

Rk Player H
1 Frank LaPorte 5
1 Claude Rossman 5
3 Charley O'Leary 4
4 John Anderson 3
4 9 others tied 3

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Roger Bresnahan 1
1 Art Devlin 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 George Moriarty 4
2 Claude Rossman 3
3 Ed Abbaticchio 2
3 Wid Conroy 2
3 6 others tied 2

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Ty Cobb 2
1 Claude Rossman 2
3 John Anderson 1
3 Bill Coughlin 1
3 7 others tied 1

Dominance

Rk Player DOM
1 Al Orth 1.00
2 Chief Bender 0.80
3 Doc Scanlan 0.67
4 Doc Newton 0.62
5 Ed Walsh 0.57

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 1
1 Ed Killian 1
1 George Mullin 1
1 Doc Newton 1
1 4 others tied 1

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Doc Scanlan 6
2 Lou Fiene 5
2 Doc Newton 5
4 Chief Bender 4
4 6 others tied 4

Saves

Rk Player Sv
None

Season Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .338
2 Sam Crawford .331
3 Ty Cobb .330
4 Sherry Magee .328
5 Charlie Jones .315

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Sammy Strang 4
2 Ginger Beaumont 3
2 Roger Bresnahan 3
2 George Browne 3
2 10 others tied 3

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 53
2 Sherry Magee 50
3 Socks Seybold 44
4 Cy Seymour 43
5 Harry Davis 41

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Honus Wagner 31
2 Sherry Magee 27
3 Wid Conroy 25
3 Elmer Flick 25
5 Johnny Evers 24

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Carl Lundgren 1.44
2 Mordecai Brown 1.51
3 Jim Pastorius 2.23
4 Ed Walsh 2.25
5 Addie Joss 2.25

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Mordecai Brown 15
1 Addie Joss 15
1 Frank Smith 15
1 Ed Walsh 15
5 4 tied 13

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Rube Waddell 127
2 Ed Walsh 121
3 Fred Beebe 111
4 Eddie Plank 96
5 George Mullin 93

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 4
2 Bobby Keefe 3
2 Ed Walsh 3
4 Nick Altrock 2
4 6 others tied 2

14 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Tim Jordan .441
2 Claude Rossman .418
3 Hobe Ferris .400
4 Frank Bowerman .391
5 2 tied .382

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Hobe Ferris 2
1 Sammy Strang 2
3 Ed Abbaticchio 1
3 Ginger Beaumont 1
3 22 others tied 1

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 16
2 Art Devlin 13
3 Hobe Ferris 12
4 Tim Jordan 11
4 3 others tied 11

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Patsy Dougherty 7
2 Bobby Byrne 6
2 Jiggs Donahue 6
2 Claude Rossman 6
5 6 tied 5

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Elmer Stricklett 0.00
2 Mordecai Brown 0.30
3 Orval Overall 0.92
4 Chief Bender 1.00
4 Addie Joss 1.00

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Chief Bender 4
1 Mordecai Brown 4
1 Ed Killian 4
1 Ed Walsh 4
5 8 tied 3

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 30
2 Frank Smith 24
3 Rube Waddell 23
4 Red Ames 21
5 4 tied 20

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 2
2 Nick Altrock 1
2 Lou Fiene 1
2 Joe McGinnity 1
2 2 others tied 1

30 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 George Stone .403
2 Ty Cobb .378
3 Kid Elberfeld .376
4 Elmer Flick .364
5 Claude Ritchey .360

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 George Browne 3
1 Wid Conroy 3
3 Hobe Ferris 2
3 Art Hoelskoetter 2
3 3 others tied 2

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Ty Cobb 26
2 Hal Chase 19
2 Claude Rossman 19
2 Jimmy Williams 19
5 2 tied 17

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Fred Clarke 11
1 Honus Wagner 11
3 Ty Cobb 10
3 Wid Conroy 10
5 5 tied 9

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 0.66
2 Carl Lundgren 1.23
3 Eddie Plank 1.42
4 Hooks Wiltse 1.50
5 Orval Overall 1.58

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Doc White 7
2 Mordecai Brown 6
2 Bill Donovan 6
2 Nap Rucker 6
2 2 others tied 6

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 53
2 Rube Waddell 47
3 Tom Hughes 42
4 Eddie Plank 39
5 2 tied 38

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Tom Hughes 3
2 Orval Overall 2
3 Nick Altrock 1
3 Red Ames 1
3 9 others tied 1

365 Day Leaders

Batting Average

Rk Player Avg
1 Elmer Flick .328
2 Nap Lajoie .328
3 Ty Cobb .323
4 Honus Wagner .320
5 George Stone .318

Home Runs

Rk Player HR
1 Tim Jordan 8
2 Cy Seymour 7
2 Sammy Strang 7
4 Harry Lumley 6
5 4 tied 5

Runs Batted In

Rk Player RBI
1 Cy Seymour 80
2 Art Devlin 76
3 Harry Davis 72
4 Harry Lumley 70
5 Sherry Magee 69

Stolen Bases

Rk Player SB
1 Sherry Magee 55
2 Honus Wagner 52
3 Frank Chance 51
4 Johnny Evers 49
5 Dave Altizer 45

ERA

Rk Player ERA
1 Mordecai Brown 1.52
2 Ed Walsh 2.19
3 Carl Lundgren 2.29
4 Glenn Liebhardt 2.30
5 Jack Pfiester 2.35

Wins

Rk Player W
1 Ed Walsh 28
2 Mordecai Brown 27
3 Al Orth 26
4 Joe McGinnity 25
5 Christy Mathewson 24

Strikeouts

Rk Player SO
1 Ed Walsh 240
2 Rube Waddell 203
3 Fred Beebe 200
4 Red Ames 186
5 Christy Mathewson 166

Saves

Rk Player Sv
1 Ed Walsh 5
1 Hooks Wiltse 5
3 Chief Bender 4
3 Mordecai Brown 4
3 2 others tied 4